Richard Wilbur Papers

Collection

Identifier: CLRC-2086

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Richard Wilbur Papers contain manuscript and typescript pages for the children's book of poems The Pig in the Spigot.

Dates

Creation: circa 2000

Creator

Wilbur, Richard, 1921-2017 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.

Biographical / Historical

Richard Wilbur was born on March 1, 1921, in New York, NY. Wilbur graduated from Amhurst college, married, and served in the U.S. armed forces during World War II. Upon returning to the United States, he enrolled in Harvard's gradutate school program and published his first book of poetry. Wilbur is one of the most acclaimed English-language poets of the twentieth century and has won two Pulitzer Prizes, for Things of This World in 1957 and New and Collected Poems in 1988.

Biographical sources: Something About the Author Vol. 108